Feminsting Executive Editor and Fast Food Forward organizer, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, explained the importance of the living wage movement spearheaded by fast food workers in New york City, the danger of how we frame poverty in America, Michelle Obama’s powerful recent speech on guns violence and op...

Matt & Michael hosted today’s show and explained why Marcio Rubio is sending Jay Z stupid tweets, the many facets and problems with the legacy of Margaret Thatcher, more on the political strategy behind Obama’s push on a “Grand Bargain.”

Welcome back everyone! On today’s show strikes, cliffs and treaties. More news on the fast workers strike, the latest on fiscal cliff negotiations and the Republicans reject a treaty to protect the disabled.

Freelance journalist Sarah Jaffe, explained the origins of the fast food workers strike in New York City, the logistical challenges of organizing fast food workers, the impossibility of living off of fast food wages, how the strikes grew out of community organizing efforts, the myth of teenage fa...